Psychotherapy

Deepening Intuition, Relationships, and Awareness. I have been in private practice for over 30 years. Visit us as moonlightcounseling.com

We work with Body, Mind, Heart and Soul Especially with issues of long-standing

As your couples’ counselor, I will champion your relationship by introducing tools and skills to prevent common stumbling blocks to intimacy. My aim is to see you free to love fearlessly, to show up and be present without risk of blame or shame, and have hope and optimism for the future.

East Meets West I have moved along from my 40-year mainstream practice in psychotherapy to founding an alternative, non-profit institute, the Tao Studies Center, in Framingham, MA.  The therapy work here is the study and practice of Chinese health and self-healing, especially through the wisdom of the Tao, as put forth in the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, an early and unwitting purveyor of Taoist philosophy — and also through the study and use of the many Tao-influenced disciplines evolved and practiced in China and throughout the world for centuries. Some of these practices include the popular self-discovery art taught in I Ching: the Book of Changes; the practices of Tai Chi and Qi Gong; the immense body of knowledge comprised in Chinese  Medicine, Acupressure, and Acupuncture; the relational and loving arts in the Kama Sutra; and the elevation of music, poetry, and visual arts so that they are key elements in modulating states-of-consciousness and states-of-health. Those who are musicians and artists may find this arts/self-discovery work to be especially deep, exciting, and self-revealing. “Taoism”  is not a religion, or some god that requires worship and prostration. It is a philosophy for health in daily life, minimizing or moving through conflict, and harmonizing with nature, often in surprising ways. […]

Kristen Gardenhire is the owner of As You Are counseling center. She is a licensed clinical social worker who has been providing mental health services in a variety of settings. Kristen attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as an undergrad and UCLA as a graduate student where she received her masters in social work. She has worked overseas in India doing anti human trafficking work with an international NGO. Kristen has also worked in a variety of community settings including group homes, out patient clinics, and home based services  with diverse populations. She has worked with police officers helping to assist victims of crime and trauma. Kristen currently volunteers with an organization that provides resources to men and women in the sex industry. She presently is a supervisor at a trauma counseling center and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Southern California. Kristen is actively involved in her church community in Los Angeles. Her Christian faith is paramount to guiding her clinical practice- while respecting that every client has a different and unique faith journey. Kristen is knowledgeable about many areas including; trauma, depression, anxiety, anger issues, spiritual or faith issues, stress, self esteem, reentry, adjustment, emerging adulthood, teens, young children, relational issues, […]

Psychotherapy private practice providing affordable therapy via online therapy